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The Sam Hill! Review | SUBS OPEN @samhillreview.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We’re still working on the first issue! Both of us are educators by day. Now that it’s September, you can imagine. But we’re still aiming to have the first handful of stories & poems published by end of the month!

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The Sam Hill! Review | SUBS OPEN @samhillreview.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

If you’re writing 18th-19th century, behold “The Lexicon balatronicum. A dictionary of buckish slang, university wit, and pickpocket eloquence” archive.org/details/b293... on @archive.org

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The Sam Hill! Review | SUBS OPEN @samhillreview.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

According to @duotrope.com 82.4% of our rejections are personal. We try to find something we love about every submission. & if we don’t accept, we want the author to feel encouraged. If you get feedback, it’s because saying “not this one” was a hard decision, & we really *truly* think you’re great.

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The Sam Hill! Review | SUBS OPEN @samhillreview.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Herein lies a peak of the tomfoolery which our reliable & steadfast editors have arranged for purposes of edification & entertainment for the inaugural issue of The Sam Hill! Review which will commence with no small degree of fanfare in the month of September MMXXVI. ⏳📚 #historicalfiction

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The Sam Hill! Review | SUBS OPEN @samhillreview.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Authors presently engaged in such undertakings are urged to conclude all wars, coronations, famines, voyages, assassinations, miracles, plagues, sieges, revelations, incursions, & other historical disturbances within the prescribed number & SUBMIT HENCEFORTH WITHOUT DELAY! #historicalfiction ⏳📚💙

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The Sam Hill! Review | SUBS OPEN @samhillreview.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Go write something set in 1936 & send it to Sundial!

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The Sam Hill! Review | SUBS OPEN @samhillreview.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

What lit magazines do you know that regularly publish historical fiction or (expansively) HF-adjacent stories? Especially those w/ a more general scope &/or don’t market themselves as “an historical fiction magazine.” (Apocalypse Confidential comes to mind.) ⏳📚 #histfic #historicalfiction

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The Sam Hill! Review | SUBS OPEN @samhillreview.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Volume one, coming in a few weeks… still working on the layout. #histfic ⏳📚

HEREIN COMMENCES, WITH NO SMALL DEGREE OF CEREMONY, THE FIRST & INAUGURAL VOLUME OF THE SAM HILL!
REVIEW, BEING A PRODIGIOUS ASSEMBLAGE OF HISTORICAL FICTION & POETRY GATHERED FROM VARIOUS QUARTERS, SUBJECTED TO THE JUDGMENT OF EDITORS & ARRANGED FOR THE AMusEMENT & EDIFICATION OF ALL PERSONS POSSESSED OF SUFFICIENT CURIOSITY, FORTITUDE & LEISURE TO PROCEED, IT BEING THE SETTLED OPINION OF THE AFOREMENTIONED EDITORS THAT THE GENERAL READER CANNOT FAIL TO BECOME SWEPT WITH EXTRAORDINARY ENTHUSIASM UPON DISCOVERING THEREIN SUCH WONDERS AS ...

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The Sam Hill! Review | SUBS OPEN @samhillreview.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

In under 20 days, we’ve received 50 submissions (and counting!). Honestly, we’re blown away by how good they are. At this rate, our first issue is going to be stacked. Keep them coming! We’re looking at periodicals from the late 1700s for layout inspiration. ⏳📚 #histfic #historicalfiction

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The Sam Hill! Review | SUBS OPEN @samhillreview.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Whatever you’re writing, it’s never too late to make your main character a cannibal. #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #writing #inspiration

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The Sam Hill! Review | SUBS OPEN @samhillreview.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Side effects of #historicalfiction may include increased verbosity, sensitivity to sunlight, and excessive swooning. If you or your loved ones become dependent on historical fiction, there are treatment options available. ⏳📚💙

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The Sam Hill! Review | SUBS OPEN @samhillreview.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

We wouldn’t not be excited for submissions about deranged hypnotists.

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The Sam Hill! Review | SUBS OPEN @samhillreview.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

You are getting sleepy. You will submit #historicalfiction and poems to The Sam Hill! Review. You are a lobster that writes. You are ambidextrous. You hold a pencil in each claw. I will count from four to zero. When I reach zero, you will awake with no memory of this. 4, 3, 2 ⏳📚💙

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The Sam Hill! Review | SUBS OPEN @samhillreview.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Two questions. Just curious. Answer one or both if the Muse possesses you… 1) What do you think is missing in the historical fiction space? 2) What makes HF distinct from literary fiction? Or is HF a subtype of literary fiction? ⏳📚 📚💙 #histfic #historicalfiction #literaryfiction

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The Sam Hill! Review | SUBS OPEN @samhillreview.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

We at the Sam Hill! Review are proud to be sponsored by The $18.00 Giant Power Heidelberg Electric Belt. One of the many fine products we use daily to give our writing that extra jolt.

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The Sam Hill! Review | SUBS OPEN @samhillreview.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

A few historical fiction novels / collections that we’ve read recently that are GOOD AS SAM HILL! 📚⏳ 📚💙

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The Sam Hill! Review | SUBS OPEN @samhillreview.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Historical fiction about chickens could be its own sub genre. Honestly, I’d never need to read anything else. ⏳📚 ⏳📚🐓 ⏳🐓 #historicalfiction #histfic #historicalchickens

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The Sam Hill! Review | SUBS OPEN @samhillreview.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

To tell a story set in 1066, Kingsnorth invented a language called “Shadow Tongue” that preserves the syntax and experience of reading Old English. Reading this feels like a rebellion against AI slop. cwell the bastard cwell the bastard cwell the bastard ⏳📚💙 #historicalfiction #histfic

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The Sam Hill! Review | SUBS OPEN @samhillreview.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Telegram for #histfic writers (stop) New #historicalfiction #litmag (stop) Editors won’t stop talking like telegram (stop) Please advise (Stop) ⏳📚💙

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The Sam Hill! Review | SUBS OPEN @samhillreview.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

We're a new lit mag for Historical Fiction & Poetry. Submissions are OPEN on @duosuma.com for micro, flash, short fiction, & poetry of such astonishing caliber that it inspires an urge to say: "Now THAT was good as Sam Hill!" samhillreview.com Behold the images. ⏳📚💙 #histfic #historicalfiction

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The Sam Hill! Review | SUBS OPEN @samhillreview.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Submit your short #historicalfiction & #poetry to the newest #histfic #litmag. We’re currently reading #submissions for our first issue. We want writing that makes us say: “Now that was good as SAM HILL!” Free subs on @duotrope.com Guidelines et cetera at SamHillReview.com

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